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Tastee
03-11-15, 03:22
Hello,

This may seem silly but I am worried.

I'm going to keep this short:

I had a bag of tobacco given to me by a friend. It so happens that many people have used that bag of tobacco due to my friend rarely smoking.

If someone had it (which I know a few did), and say had HIV, and got either blood/saliva/any fluid on the bag through common contact, if I were to take that tobacco from that bag and smoke it, will I be at risk?

I know it may seem a bit odd, but it's ringing my head.

MyNameIsTerry
03-11-15, 05:33
For a question like this the best place to go is a HIV/AIDS website like a charity or a medical source.

HIV doesn't live outside the body very long at all so infection risk is very low when it comes to bodily fluids that have been outside the body. So, if you are thinking about a dried drop of blood or semen, it's very very low risk. You would be more concerned if they had just cut themselves and bled into the bag but then you need to make yourself aware of how long HIV remains active in that blood and how exactly are you even going to get it into your body.